The Mystery-Solving Water Taxi

Yuichi Kadowaki
	Victim (burned - survived); 28 years old; Government office employee; Yasuko's eldest son;

Yasuko Kadowaki
	Victim (burned?); 63 years old; Housewife; Former elementary school teacher;

Chronology

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The Mystery-Solving Water Taxi (謎解き水上バス ,Nazotoki Suijō Basu^?) is the 956th and 957th episode of the Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters

Gadgets

Voice-Changing Bowtie

Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Part 1

Kogoro and Conan walk past Beika Park and see Megure, Takagi, and Chiba along with witnesses on a canvassed area. They decide to look further into it.

Murder

Location: Beika Park

Victim: Eiji Kadowaki

Age: 23 years old

Time: 10:00 PM

Cause of death: Blunt force trauma

Suspects: Yasuko Kadowaki, Yuichi Kadowaki, and Rintaro Takase

After returning from the bar, Eiji was struck by a metal pipe in the park and died instantly.

Domestic Abuse (Past)

Location: Kadowaki house

Victim: Yasuko Kadowaki

Age: 63 years old

Time: 3 years ago until a few days ago

Injury: Punch to the face

Suspects: Eiji Kadowaki

After their father's death, Eiji was believed to abuse his mother and Yuichi was probably the protector.

Murder / Arson

Location: Kadowaki house

Victim: Yasuko Kadowaki and Yuichi Kadowaki (escaped)

Age: 63 years old (Yasuko) and 28 years old (Yuichi)

Time: Night

Cause of death: Burning

Suspects: Yuichi Kadowaki, Yasuko Kadowaki and Rintaro Takase

After interrogating Takase, the police get a call from officers stationed at the Kadowakis. When they arrive, the house was burned completely and Yasuko's dead body had already been brought by forensics. Yuichi was found uninjured.

Solution Arc

People

Mr. Kadowaki
	Deceased Yasuko's husband Yuichi and Eiji's father

Eiji Kadowaki
	Victim (beaten) 23 years old Unemployed Yasuko's youngest son

Rintaro Takase
	32 years old Construction company worker Yasuko's past student

Girl
	Beika Business Hotel customer Drunk lady

Bellboy
	Beika Business Hotel bellboy

Man 1
	PM convenience store cashier

Woman A
	PM convenience store clerk

Man 2
	PM convenience store manager

Man 3
	Hinode Pier construction site supervisor Rintaro's boss

Man 4
	Nebada Brewery bar employee

Woman B
	Tokyo Cruise Ship water taxi tourist

Woman C
	Tokyo Cruise Ship water taxi tourist

Man 5
	Tokyo Cruise Ship water taxi tourist

Man 6
	Tokyo Cruise Ship water taxi tourist

Resolution

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Conan stuns Kogoro in the water taxi and reveals to Rintaro Takase that he is the culprit who killed Eiji Kadowaki. He used his doppelganger friend as an accomplice in his plan which follows as this:

At 8:00 PM, Takase enters the bar but sits opposite to the customers so they don't see him;
At 9:00 PM, Takase's friend enters and pretends he wants to see someone. They change in the toilets and switch roles, his friend pretending to be the noisy Takase at the back of the store and him pretending to be the customer who hasn't found his drinking partner;
At around 9:40 PM, Takase arrives at Beika Park after a 30-minute walk and kills Eiji;
At around 10:10 PM, Takase comes back to the bar as the customer looking for his friend and changes back with the fake Takase who leaves the place saying to the waiter that he got the wrong date;
At 11:00 PM, Takase leaves the bar without being suspected of having left earlier.

Man 7
	Rintaro's friend and lookalike

Kogoro tells him that his motive is that Yasuko helped him in the past and that he thought he owed her because of it. He saw her at the hospital a few days ago and saw her injured so he wondered who could have done this to her since she was so careful. He learned from PM store's cashier and clerk that she was constantly abused by one her sons and he assumed that based on his mischievous personality, Eiji was the one. After learning about it, he took matters in his own hands to end it and that was why he killed Eiji. Although he doesn't have any evidence, Kogoro forces Takase into confessing as he reveals him the truth behind the fire. The sleeping detective reveals Yuichi Kadowaki was the real one behind the domestic abuse as confirmed by the fact that on the day Yasuko was at the hospital, Eiji was at the police station after he got arrested for having got into an argument with the bar owner which leaves only Yuichi as the one behind it. Eiji was in fact the protector. Yuichi had a grudge against her for having messed up his childhood and wanted to seek revenge by abusing her daily. The fire was also started by him because he accidentally killed her when he threw her to the wall after a fit of rage. Kogoro also adds that Inspector Megure called him to tell him that Yuichi confessed to it. Takase then kneels and feels sorry for what he has done because it led to his favorite teacher's death.

Murder

Location: Kadowaki house

Victim: Yasuko Kadowaki

Age: 63 years old

Cause of death: Blunt force trauma

Culprit: Yuichi Kadowaki

Before the house was on fire, Yuichi accidentally killed his mother in an attack of rage by pushing her to the wall.

Aftermath

Later on that night, Takase is arrested in Asakusa and Kogoro is left in the water taxi since he didn't get up on time.

Trivia

The water-taxi is part of Tokyo Cruise Ship's Sumida River Line (隅田川ライン ,Sumidagawa Rain^?) which departs from Hinode Pier to Asakusa.
The police car from The High School Girl Trio's Secret Café reappeared.

Gallery

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In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Catalan (Catalan dub)	Un cas resolt en un autobús aquàtic	A case solved in a aquatic bus
French (Subbed)	L'Énigme du bateau-bus	The ship-bus enigma
Thai	ไขปริศนาบนวอเทอร์บัส	Solving mystery on a water bus
Vietnamese	Giải mã vụ án buýt đường sông	Solving Water Bus Case

References

^ Due to typhoon, the broadcast of the first part was interrupted and postponed in some parts of Japan. This rating is based on NTV airing on October 19, 2019 at 4.30 p.m. JST.

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[1] Due to typhoon, the broadcast of the first part was interrupted and postponed in some parts of Japan. This rating is based on NTV airing on October 19, 2019 at 4.30 p.m. JST.

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Cast

Gadgets

Case

Situation

Part 1

Solution Arc

People

Resolution

Aftermath

Trivia

Gallery

In other languages

References

See also